superclass
See also: super class
English
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Etymology
Noun
superclass (plural superclasses)
- (computing, object-oriented programming) A high-level class that passes attributes and methods down the hierarchy to subclasses.
- (taxonomy) A taxon ranking below a phylum and above a class.
Synonyms
- (computing): base class, parent class
- (general): superset
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Hypernyms
Translations
class that passes attributes and methods
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Verb
superclass (third-person singular simple present superclasses, present participle superclassing, simple past and past participle superclassed)
- (transitive, computing, object-oriented programming) To create a superclass of.
- 2001, Stephen Teilhet, Subclassing and Hooking With Visual Basic (page 223)
- Applications incorporating superclassing "clean up" by calling UnregisterClass on all superclassed classes.
- 2001, Stephen Teilhet, Subclassing and Hooking With Visual Basic (page 223)
See also
- (computing): abstract type, base class, interface
References
superclass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia